Fountain-mop.



I. L. LEWIS.

FOUNTAIN MOP.

APPLICATION FILED ocrizs, 1911.

1,054,696. Patented Mar 4,1913.

ATTORNEYS 5 ,EoUNTA n-More.

Specification of Letters I'atent.

Application filed October 28,- 1911. Serial No. 657,349.

To all whom it mai concern Be it known that I, ISABEL L. LEwIs, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Fountain-Mop, of which the following is a specification.

This invention ha-s for its object the pro-' duction of a dish washing device, which can be quickly applied to, and removed from, a kitchen sink, such as those in apartments, and to this end, it consists inthe combinations and constructions hereinafter, set forth and claimed. f

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view looking downwardly on a sink provided with my invention, and with means for holding dishes to be washed; and Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a part of my dish washing device.

1 is the sink, and 2 and 3 are, respectively, the hot and cold water faucets.

The means for holding the dishes to be I washed is here shown as a mat 4 formed of rubber, and. lying against the bottom and one end Wall of the sink, and having hooks 5 for detachably engaging the upper edge of said end Wall. 'This means may also'inelude an additional Inat 6 lying against one of the side walls of the sink and. having hooks 7 for detachably engaging the upper edge of such-side wall. These mats 4 and 6 form no part of my present invention;

My dish washing device comprises a hose 8 having at one end branches 9 provided with couplings 10 and 11, respectively, for connection with the hot and cold water faucets 2 and 3, a mop proper or cleaning member 12, a handle 13, and a tubular body 14.

Said tubular body is formed with an opening 15 of greater length than width extending through and lengthwise of one side wall thereof, and the hose 8 extends through said opening to the interior of the body 14.

The mop proper or cleaning member 12 is mounted on a plug 16 which is formed with a lengthwise passage.- Qne end of the plug is inserted into an openlng in one end of the body 14 and is detachably secured to said body by screws, or other fastening means, and the inner extremity of said end of the plug is formed of less diameter than the inner face of the contiguous portion of the tubular body 14 for providing a space between opposing surfaces of said extremity and inner face to receive the wall of the contiguous end of the hose 8. The other end of the plug extends beyond the tubular body and is provided with a circumferential groove, or other means, for receiving a part, as the central ring 18 of the member 12. The handle 13 is inserted into an opening in the other end of the body 14 and is suitably secured to said body. The elongated opening 15 is advantageous in that an ordinary flexible hose may be passed into the body 14 and connected to the plug 16, and can either lie along the handle 13 in position to be grasped by the users hand engaged with the handle, or can extend at an angle to the body 1 when the hose is free from the hand, and when the hose is in either of these positions, there is a minimum liability of injury to the hose during the movement of the handle.

This dish washing device is particularly advantageous, as it can be quickly applied and can be easily manipulated without requiring the users hands to come in contact with the mop or the cleaning fluid.

1. In a fountain mop, the combination of a hose, a tubular body having an opening through one side wall thereof for the passage of the hose to the interior of the body,- and a plug formed with a lengthwise passage and having one end inserted into the Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

' EDfs'rATE A'IENroFFlGE' tubular body and connected within the same to the hose, and its other end extended beyond the tubular body for supporting a mop proper, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a fountain mop, the combination of a hose, a tubular body having an elongated opening through one side wall thereof for the passage of the hose to the interior of the body, a handle associated with said body, and a plug formed with a lengthwise passage'and having one end inserted into the tubular body and connected Within the same testing witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county to the hose, and its other end extended beof Onondaga, in the State of New York. yond the tubular body for suporting a mop this 12th day of Oct. 1911. proper, substantially as and 5 described. Witnesses:

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto S. DAvIs, signed my name in the presence of two at- F. B SMITH.-

or't-he purpose ISABEL L. LEW IS. I 

